Human Resource Management Badges
The Human Resource Management badge series is a flexible, self-paced learning opportunity designed for current and aspiring HR professionals, supervisors, team leaders, and business professionals. These online badges provide practical knowledge and skills that help organizations attract, develop, manage, and retain talented employees.
Developed by experienced faculty and business professionals, these badges focus on critical areas of human resource management including recruitment, selection, performance management, mentoring, and job design.
Each course is worth 0.5 credit hours and provides real-world skills that can be applied immediately in a variety of workplace settings.
✔ Self-paced & fully online – learn on your own schedule
✔ Build employer-identified leadership and HR skills
✔ Earn a badge and college credit for each course
✔ Develop practical talent management and workforce planning expertise
✔ Ideal for HR professionals, supervisors, managers, and business leaders
About the Badges:
Designing Jobs
Learn how organizations create jobs that support strategic goals while meeting employee needs. Students will explore job design, job analysis, workforce planning, and the development of effective job descriptions.
Effective Employee Recruitment
Study the strategies organizations use to attract qualified candidates. Topics include recruitment planning, internal and external recruitment sources, social media recruiting, and recruitment strategy development.
Selecting the Right Employees
Develop skills related to hiring and employee selection. Students will learn about legal hiring requirements, interview design, selection testing, decision-making processes, and minimizing hiring bias.
Managing Employee Performance
Learn how organizations evaluate and improve employee performance. Topics include performance management systems, performance appraisals, 360-degree feedback, evaluation methods, and effective performance coaching.
Mentoring Employees
Explore the value of mentoring for both employees and organizations. Students will examine successful mentoring programs, mentor-protégé relationships, coaching versus mentoring, and the use of technology to support employee development.
Why Earn HRM Badges?
Develop In-Demand HR Skills
Human resources professionals play a critical role in organizational success. These badges help learners build practical skills such as:
- Employee recruitment
- Talent acquisition
- Interviewing and selection
- Performance management
- Employee development
- Mentoring and coaching
- Workforce planning
- Strategic HR decision-making
Advance Your Career
Whether you're pursuing a career in human resources, supervising employees, or preparing for a leadership role, these badges provide foundational knowledge and practical workplace skills that employers value.
Learn on Your Time
All badges are 100% online and self-paced, making it easy to balance learning with work, school, and personal commitments.
Ready to Start?
Organizations depend on effective human resource practices to build strong teams, develop talent, and achieve business goals. Whether you're entering the HR field or expanding your management skills, the Human Resource Management badge series can help you develop the expertise needed to support employees and organizational success.
Start building your HR skills today.